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Tom Petruno is the markets columnist for The Times. His column is aimed at the individual investor and covers a broad area of personal ...

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as of 04:05PM ET 5/23/2012
DJIA
12496.15
-6.66
5/23/2012 4:05:00 PM
NASDAQ
2850.12
+11.04
5/23/2012 5:16:00 PM
S&P500
1318.86
+2.23
5/23/2012 4:33:00 PM
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